All has changed in Belfast in the space of a short few days. We have learnt more about ourselves and about our neighbours and are the richer for it. At every turn, we hear echoes of other trying times when backs were to the wall and a battered and fearful community felt it had no-one […]
Archive | April, 2020
Bad news for lockdown kids, good news for parents as Partnership delivers home-school iPads
The West Belfast Partnership Board has handed over its educational store of iPads to a local community group to ensure children confined to the home during the Coronavirus emergency can continue their learning. Angie Mervyn, Education Programme Manager with the Board said the group teamed up with staff from Beechmount’s Blackie River Centre to distribute […]
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Remembering that summer in Dublin
A LONG delivery, the battle for possession and the sliotar squirts free, breaking kindly to Karl Stewart inside the penalty area who has the presence of mind to gather, dart inside and make the room for the shot. A swing of ash and the ball goes up and between the posts. It puts Antrim ahead […]
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Community Restorative Justice say time now ripe for PSNI-Garda task-force to take on criminal gangs
An all-Ireland anti-crime body dealing with offenders, victims and the community has called for a new North-South policing task force to tackle criminal gangs. The call by Community Restorative Justice comes after the murder on Saturday in Ardoyne of leading Dublin gangster Robbie Lawlor. Last night, three men who were being questioned by PSNI detectives […]
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EXCLUSIVE: Care home heroes face escalating Covid-19 emergency
As the number of confirmed coronavirus cases increases in care homes and nursing homes across Belfast, there have been appeals for workers and residents in the care home sector to be treated on a par with hospital staff and patients. “There is heroism in our care homes today as dedicated staff look after residents […]
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Ciaran Barr: GPA, Casement Park, school days and the keys to success
IN the second part of my interview with Ciaran Barr, the Antrim All-Star discusses his new role in the GPA, thoughts on Casement Park, recalls his school experience at St Mary’s CBGS and offers his insight to what is the key to success. Barr recently took on the role of Finance and Operations Head in […]
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